An iatrogenic femoral nerve injury after open reduction and displacement iliac osteotomy for hip dysplasia: a case report


Ertem K., Karakoc Y., Cetin A., Bora A.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY, cilt.20, sa.4, ss.339-342, 2010 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

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In this report, we present a 4-year-old female patient who came to our clinic complaining of symptoms that were then attributed to a right femoral nerve injury, 15 months after open reduction, and innominate osteotomy operations performed at another orthopedic center. The operations were performed using the Smith-Peterson incision technique and led to a neurotmetic femoral nerve injury. In our clinic, we repaired damaged femoral nerve by sural nerve graft using interfascicular technique. After 6 years, she was walking without additional device or hand to stabilize the knee.